The Vault at Pfaff's
Cook, Dutton. "The Gentleman in the Plum-Colored Hat." New York Saturday Press, October 22, 1859, 1.
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract
A man visits his sickly aunt in hopes of gaining some money through her will. Instead, he learns the terrible story of how she fancied a mysterious man she danced with once at a ball, and was tricked into thinking he would come for her.